espuma
[esˈpuma]
The verdict
“espuma” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,498
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grupo de burbujas que se hacen en la superficie de los líquidos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espuma · espuma · Spanish
espuma · rank #10,498 · 8 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,498
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH espadas
Nearest frequency peer: espadas (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “espuma”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- empatía
empatía
89,506 corpus weight
- enseñando
enseñando
89,505 corpus weight
- espadas
espadas
89,504 corpus weight
- espuma
espuma
89,503 corpus weight
- estudian
estudian
89,502 corpus weight
- existiendo
existiendo
89,501 corpus weight
What this shows “espuma” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espuma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpuma] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “espuma”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around espuma (IPA [esˈpuma]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,498 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for espuma, with forms such as "epsuma", "espmua", and "esppuma". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "estima", "estufa", "esquema", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is espuma, spelled E-S-P-U-M-A.
Definition
- 1Grupo de burbujas que se hacen en la superficie de los líquidos.
- 2Parte del jugo e impurezas que arrojan ciertos líquidos y sustancias al momento de su cocción.
- 3Gomaespuma.
- 4Mousse (plato).
- 5Cosa vana o sin importancia.
- 6Lo más importante o apreciado de algo.
- 7Tejido ligero, similar al crespón.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epsuma
- espmua
- esppuma
- espuam
- espumma
- esspuma
- esupma
- sepuma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espuma - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "espuma", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).